YORKTOWN HEIGHTS — A house owned by former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley was damaged in a fire Saturday.
Multiple fire companies were called to the stone house at 1347 Spring
Valley Road about 11 a.m. after smoke was reported coming from the
building, officials said.

“We got to the scene and found heavy
smoke showing from the roof line of the building,” Yorktown Heights Fire
Chief Chet Swirski said.

The building once served as a
recording studio and later was converted into a residence. It has few
windows, making it difficult for firefighters to battle the blaze, which
primarily was found on the second floor, Swirski said. Tankers, a
Yorktown volunteer ambulance crew and firefighters from Ossining,
Buchanan, Somers, Millwood, Croton-on-Hudson, Pocantico Hills, Katonah
and others assisted on scene well into the evening.

No one was
in the house when the fire broke out, though a man living in the home
returned as firefighters were fighting the blaze, Swirski said. The
fire’s cause remains under investigation.

Frehley does not
appear to live in the house, though Yorktown’s assessment rolls still
list him as the owner. The single-family home has a full market value of
$541,516, though Frehley took out a $735,000 mortgage in 2006 to buy
it, assessment records show.

Lenders initiated a foreclosure on
the house in Westchester County Court this year, and it appears to be
ongoing. Frehley also is listed as the owner of nearby 1363 Spring
Valley Road.

The Red Cross was called to help with emergency lodging, said spokeswoman Carolyn Sherwin, who did not identify the resident.